OLYMPIC champion Helen Glover and her new crewmate, Polly Swann, won the
women’s pairs event as Britain's rowers enjoyed success at the Rowing World
Cup in Sydney.

Glover and Swann led by two lengths at the halfway mark and won in 7min
03.55sec, four seconds ahead of the American crew of London eight
gold-medalists Meghan Musnicki and Caroline Lind, with Australia third.

The British pair received good-luck emails from Glover’s Olympic gold partner,
Heather Stanning. “I had big shoes to fill but she [Glover] hasn’t made me
feel under pressure,” said Swann. “It’s a new boat, a new crew and a new
season.”

"I was surprised that we had so much on the field at halfway," said
Glover. "We've moved on each race here and today felt really good."

Britain, Australia and New Zealand each won four gold medals at the first
World Cup of the rowing year. The British